Description
The Royal Botanic Garden, situated to the north of the city center, is the second oldest botanical garden in the British Isles. Within the magnificent 70-acre/28ha site, there is an herbarium and Great Britain's biggest palm house, a tropical house with exotic orchids, a collection of cacti and succulents, an alpine house, a terraced moorland garden, a heather garden with all the calluna vulgaris species that grow in the Highlands, an extensive arboretum with some rare giant trees (from the Himalayas, North America and China), a woodland garden with colorful azaleas, hydrangeas, camellias, saxifrage and rhododendrons, an aquatic house with tropical water plants such as the pink water lily from India and the huge South American water lily (Victoria Regis), a rock garden and the Exhibition Hall which regularly plays host to touring exhibitions.
Hobbies & Activities category: Garden or botanic display
Address
Royal Botanic Garden
20A Inverleith Row
Edinburgh EH3 5LR
United Kingdom
Hours
November 1 to February 28
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Closed16:0016:0016:0016:0016:0016:0016:00
March 1 to March 31
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Closed18:0018:0018:0018:0018:0018:0018:00
April 1 to September 30
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Closed19:0019:0019:0019:0019:0019:0019:00
October 1 to October 31
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Closed18:0018:0018:0018:0018:0018:0018:00
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Cost
Adult3.00
Concession or reduced rate2.50
Child1.00
Family7.00
All values are in local currency.
Parking
Free
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Facilities
Gift shop
Restaurant or food service
Typical Visit
2 hours
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